O-17-03 03/10/03VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO.6 -(7 `'c)3
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.08, SECTION 15.08.020
OF THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE
ENTITLED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This / 0 41 day of /14/1-d-) , 2003.
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will, and
DuPage, Illinois this t D '` day
of /1 aut, , 2003.
ORDINANCE NO. - - 2- c1.
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.08, SECTION 15.08.020
OF THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE
ENTITLED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont, Counties
of Cook, Will and DuPage, State of Illinois, Chapter 15.08, Section 15.08.020 of The Lemont
Municipal Code entitled Property Maintenance Code is hereby amended, specifically by adding
additional language which shall state as follows:
Section 110.1 General. Delete in its entirety and in lieu thereof substitute the following
new Section 110.1:
Section 110.1 General. The code official shall order the owner of any premises
upon which is located any structure, which in the code official's judgment is so old,
dilapidated or has become so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary
or otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy, to repair and make safe and
sanitary or to raze and remove at the owner's option, or where there has been a
cessation of normal construction of any structure for a period of more than two
years, to complete such construction or raze and remove such structure. In the
order, the code official shall set a time within which said demolition, repair or
completion of construction shall take place.
Section 110.3 Failure to Comply. Delete in its entirety and in lieu thereof substitute the
following new Section 110.3:
110.3 Failure to Comply. If the owner of a premises fails to comply with the
order called for in Section 110.1, the code official shall apply to the circuit court,
for an order directing the owner to demolish the structure or in the alternative
allowing the Village of Lemont, to demolish the structure and tax the costs of said
demolition against the owner.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication in the manner provided by law.
The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and cause the same to be published in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL, AND DU PAGE,
ILLINOIS, on this / ?0' day of 1tita,,u.6 , 2003.
AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
John Benik
Debby Blatzer
Peter Cowles
Connie Markiewicz
Steve Rosendahl
Jeanette Virgilio
Approved by me this /6g)4" day of N, 2003.
CHARLENE M. SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
Approved as to form:
JOHN ANTONOPOULOS, Village Attorney